In
this month's edition ... we look at the legal entitlement to make
noise and overlook other properties, discuss the hidden impacts of
permitted developments and discover the effects of stamp duty changes on the property market

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reflecting survey data, statistics, trends and information from the
property market. This provides a single place where anyone with an
interest in UK property can find the information they need.

Residents
of the spectacular glass walled apartments neighbouring the Tate Modern
gallery in London have stunning views across London’s South Bank, but a
relentless stream of visitors to the gallery's top floor terrace has a
significant impact on their privacy.

Estate
agent Countrywide has received a £215,000 fine from HMRC for failing to
ensure that policies, controls and procedures regarding money
laundering are upheld within the company, including inaccurate record
keeping and conducting procedures without due care and diligence.

Five
properties in London will house new rooftop modular homes that will
mainly be built off site, to mitigate disturbance to current residents,
before being winched into place on top of existing buildings.

We
look at the construction of large scale infrastructure (designed to
speed up planning and other processes to enable building projects to
get under way more quickly). In 2012, the measure was seen as a
practical and potentially effective way of helping the economy get back
to a greater level of economic activity. But does it work?

Negative
publicity has dogged the highly profitable Help to Buy market, and the
housing minister is now reviewing the continued inclusion of new build
house building companies in the government’s Help to Buy scheme.

The
National Audit Office has delivered a dismal picture of local authority
planning departments which are struggling under current house building
targets. Fewer than half of authorities have produced the government's
requirement of a Local Plan that is less than five years old.

And finally ...

A
landlord with over 700 properties in the Ashford and Maidstone areas of
Kent is planning to evict all his tenants so that he can sell his £7
million a year property business and enjoy the fruits of his labours.

Estate
agent Countrywide has received a £215,000 fine from HMRC for failing to
ensure that policies, controls and procedures regarding money
laundering are upheld within the company, including inaccurate record
keeping and conducting procedures without due care and diligence.

Five
properties in London will house new rooftop modular homes that will
mainly be built off site, to mitigate disturbance to current residents,
before being winched into place on top of existing buildings.

We
look at the construction of large scale infrastructure (designed to
speed up planning and other processes to enable building projects to
get under way more quickly). In 2012, the measure was seen as a
practical and potentially effective way of helping the economy get back
to a greater level of economic activity. But does it work?

Negative
publicity has dogged the highly profitable Help to Buy market, and the
housing minister is now reviewing the continued inclusion of new build
house building companies in the government’s Help to Buy scheme.

The
National Audit Office has delivered a dismal picture of local authority
planning departments which are struggling under current house building
targets. Fewer than half of authorities have produced the government's
requirement of a Local Plan that is less than five years old.

And finally ...

A
landlord with over 700 properties in the Ashford and Maidstone areas of
Kent is planning to evict all his tenants so that he can sell his £7
million a year property business and enjoy the fruits of his labours.

Written by Independent Chartered Surveyorsof the UK wide network of Property Professionals

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